ANKARA - HDP MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu who reacted to the fact that the banks rejecting to open accounts for those who were dismissed with a law decree stating that the person is 'prohibited', said people lose their jobs which they found with a great difficulty over this."
One of the violations of rights experienced by those who were dismissed with a law decree during the state of emergency (OHAL) is that the banks refuse to open accounts in their names. Banks do not open accounts to those who were dismissed with a law decree, or prohibit their right to benefit from any banking services, stating that they are 'prohibitied persons'. People's Democratic Party (HDP) Kocaeli MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu who recieves many applications regarding this issue, evaluated the applications he recieved.
Stating that although it has frequently been on the agenda lately, it is not a new thing, Gergerlioğlu said people dismissed with a law decree have been struggling with this from the start. Gergerlioğlu said: "Not being able to open bank accounts was not their primary concern at first. Because they had lost their jobs, their pensions. They were not able to find other jobs because they were branded as 'terrorists'. They were scared. But we knew all these. After all these times, people are finally got over their fears and are now able to talk about these things."
Gergerlioğlu, emphasizing that both the state banks and the private banks are discriminating the people dismissed with a law decree, said: "Names of these people have gone to certain institutions of the state. When a person with a decree applies for a job, they are coded '36' in the systems. They start up with a disadvantage from the beginning. These people are branded 'prohibited persons' in the banks. Their transactions are being blocked. This happens everywhere. Even if you are not dismissed but investigated during the state of emergency, all transactions you need to do are cancelled. Even if the court issued a precautionary decision against them and removed it later, the banks continues their discriminatory treatment. Either the court does not send the decision that there is no measure to be taken about that person, or the bank doesn't want to take risks despite they recieved the decision. If you are dismissed with a law decree, the banks don't want to risk getting involved in your transactions."